breaking the union is not his intent. >> never the intent. it's always to reach a settlement. i mean, i've never gone into negotiations anywhere in the united states. where the client didn't want a settle. i represent clients. these aren't my ideas. i'm representing what bart is offer. >> unions say from the beginning there has been little progress on the challenging so called general issues of wages, benefits and safety. >> we've had difficulty at the general table. supplemental tables have gone well so we've made a lot prof gres there. >> the general has been going off and on the entire time. it's goes on. >> negotiations could be going on around the clock between now and sunday night. some are prepared to stay overnight necessary. >> i've got bags packed in the car. just being prepared for whatever it takes. >> chase and civil rights

leaders saying unions fighting for dignity of all worker autos fighting for every man, woman, child who has a job. we thank you z we share with you. >> no word on how late they plan to go tonight or when they plan to start tomorrow morning. >> thank you, bart general manager says her zbol to reach a deal with unions that does not jeopardize the transit agency's funding for projects such as buying a fleet of new train cars. >> the party coming in from the outside can't offer funding there are many needs the state has state has to take care of. it's on us. that is why the tension right now. >> saying there are no plan b, just plan a.>> bart board has bn

criticized for staying silent on negotiations we caught wupt director told us the board hasn't been in negotiations since june. >> i believe we have not been doing enough. you know sni was elected to serve the people. you know? it doesn't mean very to take labor or management sides. so i understand the tactic. you know? but i don't necessarily agree. >> union leaders asked members to get more involved in the negotiate prog ses they made that plea in a special meeting in oakland just this morning. >> tonight one state senator considering a law to make transit strikes illegal. our team coverage continue nouz with cornell bernard live at the pleasant hill bart station. cornell? >> some frustrated bart riders saying tonight there ought to be a law keeping both sides at the negotiations table wout option of a strike.

you know, other states have it and a state senator says it's about time california did, too. if there is a strike on monday, riders know it's going to be painful. >> it's terrible. they need to settle it so we can get to work and not stuck all week next week. >> other cities have avoided chaos by outlawing strikes. it's the law in nork north north, -- -muni workers in san francisco can't strike. >> we have a system here where there is no strike clauses and it's been helpful. >> prohibiting a strike would require a state law. >> everybody loses in a strike. >> the state senator may be the first to offer up a bill as soon as january which prevents bart workers from walking off the job and management from enact

>> i'm more convinced this is the action you want to take. >> i'm not unsympathetic with rank and file. i think they need wages and benefits that are g but having said thark this doesn't work. >> not everybody believes sacramento should get involved. >> i am trying to understand where these people are coming from but personally it would make my life easier. >> if they were prevented from strike something. >> exact lie many are just thinking about getting to work on monday. >> if there is a strike bart is hoping to have up to 95 buses available to make limited runs. and san leandro may be added as needed. ac transit officials say they're planning to roll out every piece of equipment they

can, increasing it's service depending on bus and staff availability. right now plans on normal service on east bay routes and will add service necessary. sam trance plans to add stops outside of bart station there's will be a shuttle from daily city to a temporary center on mission street operating from 6:00 until 9:00 a.m. and and there will be 13 vessels state wide instead of the normal -- system wide, rather instead of eight. golden gate transit will have no additional service but boats will be used by a ferry. >> we've assembled a list of resources. park and rs you can also follow up on

twitter on abc 7 news from breaking news updates. turning to other news of the day the jobless rate has fall @ but job the labor department says the rate fell to 7.4% in july the lowest level since december, 2008. however, employers added just 162,000 jobs. lowest since march. many jobs are lower paying part time work at stores restaurants and bars. experts say businesses may be cautious about hiring because of the economy's slow growth. >> first people purchasing facebook stock can say they made money. facebook today closed at $38.05 a share, five cents more than initial public offering price. at the lowest point stock dropped to $17.55 a share but ad revenue boosted earnings this year. result as announced last week. >> the former test engineer

who shot and killed three managers at a tech firm was sentenced to life in prison today without possibility of parole. he is now 52, entered and killed a company's ceo, vice president of operations, and a human resources manager. the jury found wu guilty of three counts of first degree murder reree jekting insanity plea. wu had been laid off from the firm when this happened. his sentence today, life in prison. former alameda county supreme court -- superior court judge who bill beinged a neighbor will only face five years probation. through a plea deal the 58-year-old avoided what may have been a very lengthy prison term. he was accused of stealing money from his elderly neighbor and netting over 13 years. under this plea deal he will be barred from holding

judicial office and disbarred from practicing law in california. >> a strange crime spree prompting residents to wonder with whether they need to pay for private security. it's happened in willow glenn neighborhood. vic lee investigated the story today and he is live now with answers. vic? >> well, this is willow glenn this, is where the crime spree, if you will is happening. now, whoever is responsible for this is using a projectile growing on trees. if it's not ripe it can dent cars if it hits you, it's going to hurt. willow glenn is a neighborhood where a cat burglar may be a real cat. but recently something has been happening here. >> we've had break ins. we've had people entering peoples' houses and when

they're coming out of the shower alarming them. >> neighbors say they're more careful now, closing windows and lock doors when they leave it puts neighbors at ill ease. >> safety concerns here did not start with a break in. they started with peaches. that is right. fruit. raining down on homes at night. >> it woke me up. >> like a hitchcock movie. >> peaches coming or over the tree autos police were called. >> but police didn't show up i was low priority. >> folks think someone is using some kind of a launcher to shoot peaches at homes why? no one knows. with beaches have galvanized neighbor who's want to hire private security patrols since they've discovered there have been break ins as well they've been told would it cost each less than $20 a month. >> that would just be a little

nice security. to have to be able to call on someone when the police can't get here. >> there is opposition from those who have burglar alarms. >> just one more. i pay for alarm system. why pay for more? >> neighbors will gather here next week to discuss the peaches, and security. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> investigators in hayward say a early morning fire was likely a case of arson. the blaze broke out this morning. fire officials say a man was siphonning gas when deciding to light a cigarette igniting the fire. the car port burned to the grounld, heat damaging two sheds, too. no homes were damaged. also no one was hurt. >> well, coming up a local police department looking for a woman who lost not one, but three fur coats.

>> that story and if the big graduation day for shelter dogs and inmates obtaining a new skill. >> this is a giant bolt from the bay bridge. testing underway for decades still to come. >> i'm sandhya patel. part of the weekend will include change. i'll let you know if you'll

roorks another round of testing is underway for giant bolts on the bay bridge. the question is whether results of the tests could

further delay bridge opening. >> no. they don't. these tests prompted by the failure of the first set of bolts. the goal making sure all bolts are safe for many years still to come z at this point also, to restore public confidence in the indegree fwrity of the structure. the giant chambers designed to replicate the condition similar bolts face on the eastern span of the bay bridge. >> we need three things high stress, we need material and hydrogen we're trying to create a corrosion cell, put into load, step it up over time. >> the hydrogen in the form of salt water, instead of it and other influences these chambers can condense it into a month. if the bolt fails then what happened? >> we're these into

failure at what point is the failure? >> whatever happens to these bolt s it won't delay the opening of the new bay bridge any further, these are what caltrans has been calling 2010 bolts made two years after the batch that snapped. engineers have come up with a saddle system to reenforce them. that is being fabricated by marrow island. 2010 bolts will be replaced after the bridge opens. >> but that will tell us what needs to be done again so years down the line whether they can stay in place whether should be removed and replaced, whether we need to dehumidify the area they're in. >> as it is now, opening of the new bridge is now set for some time after the saddle is ed

december. >> lease looking for a mpblg owner of three stolen fur coats. take a look at the womens' coats. investigators say some residents found the coats yesterday afternoon. officials believe they were stolen. so far no suspects in the theft. the police want to hear from you. >> they do. sh sm shelter dogs graduated from a program train bid inmates in the san mateo county jail. dogs part of the tails program standing for transitioning animals into loving situations. it's a partnership between peninsula humane society and sheriff's department. the dogs in the program come from situations where they got along poorly with people or maybe other dogs over eight weeks minimum security inmates

train them under supervision. >> it's bittersweet for us this is a day they graduate and go off to loving families. they go to people excited to be here today because they're going to get a dog but they leave us. >> mixed emotions this, is the 15th round, so far, 51 dogs have been trained by 1505 inmates. >> dogs from0rpñ a kitty story. a kitten in martinez used up one nine live, found in the engine of a car just in the nick of time. the owner was about to start the engine but instead called 911. a fire fighter found the cat stuck. a little smoked salmon and the kitty crawled tout waiting firefighters. z.a former silicon valley software executive accused of facing a month in jail for stealing legos.

thomas took a plea deal for posting phony bar codes on lego stores then buying them at a discount then selling toys on ebay. he used to be vice president of the palto alto software firm. prosecuters sate scheme was labor intensive and barely lucrative, only netted $350. his attorney said he wasn't interested in bilking target but gathering information on how bar code stanning -- scanning system work autos saturday's power ball jackpot? $300 million, nobody won yesterday. wednesday that, is so now $290 million and going to continue to grow until tomorrow night. a lump sum payment would be more than $172 million. >> we can get by on that. the nasa curiosity rover rolling towards it's first anniversary on mars.

and then then, revealing koit have supported life. nasa officials say it's the first step in reaching the goal of sending people to mars by maybe 20 30s. since on mars it's driven only a mile across the planet. firing 75,000 laser shots. incredible. >> watch abc live stream in the bay area. >> abc is the first broadcast network to bring you local news and abctv shows. >> you never have to miss a minute of the news. >> it's a special new benefit brought to yous charter communications and at and tu verse at no additional

costs. enter to log in or search watch abc to down load the app. it's easy to use and works well. >> looking outside, wind is breezy. >> but it's clear. >> it's the weekend. >> we like that part. right? it's breezy. the usual sea breeze keeping that coming for the weekend. temperatures about the same tomorrow, then, cooler sunday. >> let me show you live doppler 7 hd. enjoying sunshine today most of the bay area. warmer. san francisco, still low clouds lingering. looking out towards the bay just a beautiful day. we have small craft advisory

for the bay and coast. and fog is 57 degrees. look at this view. blue skies if you're heading up to tahoe, really mild weather this upcoming weekend. talking about highs in upper 70s to low 80s. 81 in novato and warm. concord 86 degrees. from our camera, you can see that fog towards the west pacifica, half moon bay socked in. coastal lows overnight tonight mild to warm for saturday. we're looking at cooling trend sunday, second half of the weekend throughout the middle of the week with temperatures

still lagging behind. steady flow will continue. looking at computer animation the trof just sits along the coast right over us. so week ahead no sign of summer heat. we're going to keep it mild to warm and at times, cool to mild. temperatures into 50s. and then for afternoon 80 in gilroy. 71 in the santa cruz. redwood city 78. same thing mountain view. pacifica, fog around for afternoon. 58 degrees and breezy. 65 downtown san francisco. north bay, 82 sonoma. i know temperatures are not exactly where you should be at this time of the year but pleasant.

inland spots 85 in livermore. accu-weather forecast, featuring cooler weather sunday cooling you down to low 80s tuesday, wednesday, then if not cool enough we have so much going on. oakland art and soul festival, good looking weather. >> coming up next michael will be with us with a perfect summer time test.

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friday. >> looks like feeding. >> i'm all about being fed. we'll start out with sour flour bagels. these guys known for their bakery. you're going to get four free bagels any monday in august. how easy can we make it for you? they're bred and bagels made in the mission district. it's excellent so that is breakfast. also brunch, dinner lunch? this is from squat and gobble. they have a restaurant in marina is the one i eat at. $15 worth of free meals tlchl great food. >> family style? that is fun. >> it's a great place. >> how do we get this stuff? >> right there, at any times you can log on to abc 7 news.com.

>> here is what the question, oscar hosting duties go to? >> one of the

coming up at 6:00 we'll continue to monitor bart talks for signs of progress you're going to see how you might able to avoid commuting to work altogether next week. and nannette miranda reports from sacramento on a rare summer vote of the u.s. supreme court could set thousands of inmates free. and... you're going to hear from travelers atgógm sfo who my be taking a big risk. those stories and more coming up at abc 7 news at 6:00 hope you can join us for that. >> ellen degeneres is going host the oscar autos producers made that announcement this morning. she hosted in 2007. >> and she was nominated for an emmy for that job. abc 7 is the only place to see

>> and it will be broadcast live on sunday, march 2. hope you can tune in for that. >> world news is coming up next. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time as always, we'll see you again at 6:00. >> and of course we'll slatest on the bart strike for you coming up later at 6:00.

this is "world news." tonight, terror alert. al qaeda planning a new attack on americans overseas. and our martha raddatz reporting on the targets and the race to intercept the plot. breaking news on food safety. what caused that mystery outbreak that sickened hundreds of people? an explosion of pet nappers. the new way thieves nab your dog. and the woman leading a pet detective to find them. and our persons of the week, oprah winfrey with forest whitaker, a provocative conversation on family and race in america, and her return to acting. get ready for an oprah like never before. good evening to you on this friday night.